Gypsy Dancer Gary & Christine Vineyard Pinot noir 06
Gypsy Dancer's owners make this high end wine as a way of showing the qualitied of Oregon Pinot noir they most enjoy together.
MORE INFORMATION
Prior Vintage notes:
Chehalem Mountain AVA, new release March 2006
VINEYARD Gary & Christine's Vineyard surrounds the Gypsy
Dancer Estates winery in the Chehalem Mountains,
Willamette Valley, Oregon. It was planted
in 1995 to Dijon clones 114 and 115 and in 2003
to "suitcase" clones and Dijon clones 667 and 777
on south and east facing slopes. The vineyard is
planted meter by meter, making it one of the
most densely planted vineyards in Oregon. The
Laurelwood soils are a unique combination of
sedementary and volcanic matter. The vineyard
was green-harvested prior to veraison to limit the
yield to the two tons per acre.
WINEMAKING The grape clusters were hand-sorted in the field
and again at the winery. A selection of whole
clusters were deposited gently to the bottom of
the fermentors with the crushed berries dumped
over the top. The wine was cold-soaked for seven
days prior to fermentation, which occurred in both
neutral French oak and stainless steel tanks.
Punched down up to six times per day, the wine
remained in tank for a total of 24 days. The wine
was racked by gravity directly to 100% new French
oak and left to age.
